The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

The POWER of Your Subconscious Mind

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Mow This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life I have seen miracles happen to men and women in all walks of life all over the world. Miracles will happen to you, too when you begin using the magic power of your subconscious mind. This book is designed to teach you that your habitual thinking and imagery mold, fashion, and create your destiny; for as a man thinketh in his subconscious mind, so is he. Do you know the answers? Why is one man sad and another man happy? Why is oneman joyous and prosperous and another man poor and miserable? Why is one man fearful and anxious and another full of faith and confidence? Why does one man have a beautiful, luxurious home while another man lives out a meager existence in a slum? Why is one man a great success and another an abject failure? Why is one speaker outstanding and immenselypopular and another mediocre and unpopular? Why is one mana genius in his work or profession while the other man toils andmoils all his life without doing or accomplishing anything worthwhile? Why is one man healed of a so-called incurable disease and another isn't? Why is it so many good, kind religious people suffer the tortures of the damned in their mind and body? Whyis it many immoral and irreligious people succeed and prosper and enjoy radiant health? Why is one woman happily married and her sister very unhappy and frustrated? Is there an answerto these questions in the workings of your conscious and sub* conscious minds? There most certainly is. 5

6 How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life Reason for writing this book It is for the express purpose of answering and clarifying the above questions and many others of a similar nature that motivated me to write this book. I have endeavored to explain the great fundamental truths of your mind in the simplest language possible. I believe that it is perfectly possible to explain the basic, foundational, and fundamental laws of life and of your mind in ordinary everyday language. You will find that the language of this book is that used in your daily papers, current periodicals, in your business offices, in your home, and in the daily workshop. I urge you to study this book and apply the techniques outlihed therein; and as you do, I feel absolutely convinced that you will lay hold of a miracle-working power that will lift youup from confusion, misery, melancholy, and failure, and guide you to your true place, solve your difficulties, sever you fromemotional and physical bondage, and place you on the royal road to freedom, happiness, and peace of mind. This miracleworking power of your subconscious mind can heal you of your sickness, make you vital and strong again. In learning how to use your inner powers, you will open the prison door of fear and enter into a life described by Paul as the glorious liberty of the sons of God. Releasing the miracle-working power A personal healing will ever be the most convincing evidence of our subconscious powers, Over forty-two years ago I resolved a malignancy in medical terminology it was called a sarcoma by using the healing power of my subconscious mindwhich created me and still maintains and governs all my vital functions. The technique I applied is elaborated on in this book, and I feel sure that it wiH help others to trust the same Infinite Healing Presence lodged in the subconscious depths of all men. Through the kindly offices of my doctor friend, I suddenly realized that it was natural to assume that the Creative Intelligence which made all my organs, fashioned my body, and started my

How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life 1 heart, could heal its own handiwork. The ancient proverb says, "The doctor dresses the wound and God heals it." Wonders happen when you pray effectively Scientific prayer is the harmonious interaction of the conscious and subconscious levels of mind scientifically directed for a specific purpose. This book will teach you the scientific wayto tap the realm of infinite power within you enabling you to get what you really want in life. You desire a happier, fuller, andricher life. Begin to use this miracle-working power and smoothyour way in daily affairs, solve business problems, and bring harmony in family relationships. Be sure that you read this bookseveral times. The many chapters will show you how this wonderful power works, and how you can d*aw out the hidden inspiration and wisdom that is within yo^. Leaiji the simple techniques of impressing the subconscious mind,) Follow the newscientific way in tapping the infinite storehouse. Read this bookcarefully, earnestly, and lovingly. Prove to yourself the amazingway it can help you. It could be and I believe it will be the turning point of your life. Everybody prays Do you know how to pray effectively? How long is it since you prayed as part of your everyday activities? In an emergency, in time of danger or trouble, in illness, and when death lurks, prayers pour forth your own and friends. Just read your daily newspaper. It is reported that prayers are being offered up all over the nation for a child stricken with a so-called incurable ailment, for peace among nations, for a group of miners trapped in a flooded mine. Later it is reported that when rescued, the miners said that they prayed while waiting for rescue; an airplane pilot says that he prayed as he made a successful emergencylanding. Certainly, prayer is an ever-present help in time of trouble; but you do not have to wait for trouble to make prayer an integral and constructive part of your life. The dramatic answers to prayer make headlines and are the subject of testimonies

8 How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life to the effectiveness of prayer. What of the many humble prayers of children, the simple thanksgiving of grace at the table daily, the faithful devotions wherein the individual seeks only communion with God? My work with people has made it necessary for me to study the various approaches to prayer. I have experienced the power of prayer in my own life, and I have talked and worked with many people who also have enjoyed the helpof prayer. The problem usually is how to tell others how to pray. People who are in trouble have difficulty in thinking and acting reasonably* They need an easy formula to follow, an obviously workable pattern that is simple and specific. Often they must beled to approach the emergency. * Unique feature of this book The unique feature of this book is its down-to-earth practicality. Here you are presented with simple, usable techniques and formulas which you can easily apply in your workadayworld. I have taught these simple processes to men and womenall over the world, and recently over a thousand men and womenof all religious affiliations attended a special class in Los Angeleswhere I presented the highlights of what is offered in the pagesof this book. Many came from distances of two hundred miles for each class lesson. The special features of this book will appeal to you because they show you why oftentimes you get the opposite of what you prayed for and reveal to you the reasons why. People have asked me in all parts of the world and thousands of times, "Why is it I have prayed and prayed and got noanswer?" In this book you will find the reasons for this commoncomplaint The many ways of impressing the subconscious mindand getting the right answers make this an extraordinarily valuable book and an ever-present help in time of trouble. * What do you believe? It is not the thing believed in that brings an answer to man'sprayer; the answer to prayer results when the individual's subconscious mind responds to the mental picture or thought in his mind. This law of belief is operating in aU religions of the world

How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life 9and is the reason why they are psychologically true. The Buddhist, the Christian, the Moslem, and the Hebrew all may get answers to their prayers, not because of the particular creed, religion, affiliation, ritual, ceremony, formula, liturgy, incantation, sacrifices, or offerings, but solely because of belief or mentalacceptance and receptivity about that for which they pray. Thelaw of life is the law of belief, and belief could be summed upbriefly as a thought in your mind. As a man thinks, feels, andbelieves, so is the condition of his mind, body, and circumstances. A technique, a methodology based on an understanding of what you are doing and why you are doing it will help you to bring about a subconscious embodiment of all the good things of life. Essentially, answered prayer is the realization of yourheart's desire. * Desire is prayer Everyone desires health, happiness, security, peace of mind, true expression, but many fail to achieve clearly defined results. A university professor admitted to me recently, "I know that if I changed my mental pattern and redirected my emotional life, my ulcers would not recur, but I do not have any technique, process, or modus operand! My mind wanders back and forth on my many problems, and I feel frustrated, defeated, and unhappy." This professor had a desire for perfect health; he neededa knowledge of the way his mind worked which would enable him to fulfill Ms desire. By practicing the healing methods outlined in this book, he became whole and perfect There is one mind common to all individual men(Emerson) The miracle-working powers of your subconscious mindexisted before you and I were born, before any church or worldexisted. The great eternal truths and principles of life antedate all religions. It is with these thoughts in mind that I urge you in the following chapters to lay hold of this wonderful, magical, transforming power which will bind up mental and physical wounds, proclaim liberty to the fear-ridden mind, and liberate

10 How This Book Can Work Miracles in Your Life you completely from the limitations of poverty, failure, misery, lack, and frustration, All you have to do is unite mentally andemotionally with the good you wish to embody, and the creative powers of your subconscious will respond accordingly. Beginnow, today, let wonders happen in your life! Keep on, keeping on until the day breaks and the shadows flee away.

Contents 1. The Treasure House Within You . . . 19 The master secret of the ages The marvelous power of your subconscious Necessity of a working basis Theduality of mind The conscious and subconscious mindsOutstanding differences and modes of operation Howher subconscious responded Brief summary of ideas worth remembering. 2. How Your Own Mind Works ... 30 Conscious and subconscious terms differentiated Experiments by psychologists The terms objective and subjective mind clarified The subconscious cannot reason like your conscious mind The tremendous power of suggestion Different reactions to the same suggestion How helost his arm How autosuggestion banishes fear How she restored her memory How he overcame a nasty temper The constructive and destructive power of suggestion Have you accepted any of these You can counteract negative suggestions How suggestion killed a man Thepower of an assumed major premise The subconscious does not argue controversially Review of highlights. 3. The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious 45 Your subconscious is your Book of Life What is impressed in the subconscious is expressed The subcon* scious heals a malignancy of the skin How the subconscious controls all functions of the body How to get the subconscious to work for you Healing principle of the subconscious restores atrophied optic nerves Howto convey the idea of perfect health to your subconscious mind Ideas worth remembering. 11

12 Contents 4. Mental Healings in Ancient Times . . . 55 * Bible accounts on the use of the subconscious powers Miracles at various shrines throughout the world Oneuniversal healing principle Widely different theoriesViews of Paracelsus Bernheim's experiments Producing a blister by suggestion The cause of bloody stigmataHealing points in review. 5. Mental Healings in Modern Times . * 66 One process of healing The law of belief Prayer therapy is the combined function of the conscious and subconscious mind scientifically directed Faith healing, what it means, and how blind faith works Subjective faith and what it means The meaning of absent treatment Releasing the kinetic action of the subconscious mind Summary of your aids to health. 6. Practical Techniques in Mental Healings . . . 75* The passing-over technique for impregnating the subconscious Your subconscious will accept your blueprint The science and art of true prayer The visualization technique Mental movie method The Baudoin technique The sleeping technique The "thank-you" technique The affirmative method The argumentative method The absolute method is like modem sound wavetherapy A cripple walks The decree method Serve yourself with scientific truth. 7. The Tendency of the Subconscious Is Lifeward ... 90 * How the body portrays the workings of the mind There is an intelligence which takes care of the body The subconscious mind works continually for the common good How man interferes with the innate principle of harmony Why it's normal to be healthy, vital, and strong It's abnormal to be sick Pott's disease cured How faith in your subconscious powers makes you whole Pointers to review.

Contents 138. How to Gel the Results You Want * . . 98 Easy does it Infer no opponent, use imagination and not will power How disciplined imagination works wondersThe three steps to success in prayer The law of reversed effort and why you get the opposite of what youpray for The conflict of desire and imagination must bereconciled Ideas worth recalling. 9. How to Use the Power of Your Subconscious for Wealth . . 105 Wealth is of the mind Your invisible means of support The ideal method for building a wealth consciousness Why your affirmations for wealth fail How to avoid mental conflict Don't sign blank checks Your subconscious gives you compound interest Why nothing happened True source of wealth Trying to make ends meetand the real cause A common stumbling block to wealth Rubbing out a great mental block to wealth Sleep andgrow rich Serve yourself with the powers of your mind. 10. Your Right to Be Rich . . . 112 Money is a symbol How to walk the royal road to riches Why you do not have more money Money and a balanced life Poverty is a mental disease Why you mustnever criticize money Getting the right attitude toward money How the scientific thinker looks at money Howto attract the money you need Why some men do not get a raise in pay Obstacles and impediments on the pathway to riches Protect your investments You cannot get something for nothing Your constant supply of money Step up this way to riches. 11* Your Subconscious Mind as a Partner in Success . . . 121 The three steps to success The measure of true success How he made his dream come true His dream pharmacy became a reality Using the subconscious mind in business Boy of sixteen years turns failure into success How to become successful in buying and selling How she succeeded in getting what she wanted A success tech.-

14 Contents nique employed by many outstanding executives and businessmen Profitable pointers. 12. Scientists Use the Subconscious Mind , * 132 How a distinguished scientist brought forth Ms inventions How a famous naturalist solved his problem An outstanding physician solved the problem of diabetes Howa famous scientist and physicist escaped from a Russian concentration camp How archaeologists and paleontologists reconstruct ancient scenes How to receive guidance from your subconscious His subconscious revealed the location of his father's will The secret of guidance Highlights to recall. ^ IS* Your Subconscious and the Wonders of Sleep * 141 Why we sleep Prayer, a form of sleep Startling effects of sleep deprivation You need more sleep Sleep brings counsel Saved from certain disaster Your future is in your subconscious mind A cat nap nets him $15,000 How a famous professor solved his problem in sleep Howthe subconscious worked for a famous writer while he slept Sleep in peace and wake in joy Summary of your aids to the wonders of sleep. 14. Your Subconscious Mind and Marital Problems * 150 * The meaning of marriage How to attract the ideal husband How to attract the ideal wife No need for third mistake How she broke the negative pattern The answer to her prayer Should I get a divorce? Drifting into divorce Divorce begins in the mind The nagging wife The brooding husband The great mistake Don't try to make your wife over Pray together and stay together through steps in prayer Review your actions. 15. Your Subconscious Mind and Your Happiness * 161 * You must choose happiness How to choose happinessHe made it a habit to be happy You must desire to be

Contents 15 happy Why choose unhappiness If I had a million dollars, I would be happy He found happiness to be the harvest of a quiet mind The block or stump is not really there The happiest people Summary of steps to happiness. 16* Your Subconscious Mind and Harmonious Human Relations * 169 The master key to happy relationships with others Andwith what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to youagain The daily headlines made him sick I hate women,but I like men His inner speech held back his promotion Becoming emotionally mature The meaning of love in harmonious human relations He hated audiencesHandling difficult people Misery loves company Thepractice of empathy in human relations Appeasementnever wins Profitable pointers in human relations. 17. How to Use Your Subconscious Mind for Forgiveness 180 Life always forgives you How he banished that feeling of guilt A murderer learned to forgive himself Criticism cannot hurt you without your consent How to be compassionate Left at the altar It is wrong to marry. Sex is evil and I am evil Forgiveness is necessary for healing Forgiveness is love in action Technique of forgiveness The acid test of forgiveness To understand all is to forgive all Summary of your aids to forgiveness, 18. How Your Subconscious Removes Mental Blocks . 191 How to break or build a habit How he broke a bad habit The power of his mental picture Focused attention He said a jinx was following him How much do youwant what you want Why he could not be healed Theexplanation and the cure Refusing to admit it Building in the idea of freedom Fifty-one per cent healed Thelaw of substitution Cause of alcoholism Three magicsteps Keep on keeping on Review your thought power.

Ig Contents 19. How to Use Your Subconscious Mind to Remove Fear . . * 201 9 Man's greatest enemy Do the thing you fear Banishing stage fright Fear of failure How he overcame the fear Fear of water, mountains, closed places Master technique for overcoming any particular fear He blessed the elevator Normal and abnormal fear Abnormal fear The answer to abnormal fear Examine your fears Helanded in the jungle He dismissed himself They plotted against him Deliver yourself from all your fears Step this way to freedom from fear. 20. How to Stay Young in Spirit Forever . . . 212 He had grown old in his thought life Age is the dawnof wisdom Welcome the change Evidence for survival Life is Mind and spirit do not grow old You are as young as you think you are Your gray hairs are an asset Age is an asset Be your age I can keep up with the best of them Fear of old age You have much to give One hundred and ten years old Retirement, a new venture He graduated to a better job You must be a producer and not a prisoner of society Secret of youth Get a vision Your mind does not grow old His mindactive at ninety-nine We need our senior citizens Thefruits of old age Profitable pointers.

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1 The Treasure Within You Infinite riches are all around you if you will open yourmental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly. Many are sound asleep because they do not know aboutthis gold mine of infinite intelligence and boundless love within themselves. Whatever you want, you can draw forth. Amagnetized piece of steel will lift about twelve times its own weight, and if you demagnetize this same piece of steel, it will not evenlift a feather. Similarly, there are two types of men. There is the magnetized man who is full of confidence and faith. Heknows that he is born to win and to succeed. Then, there is the type of man who is demagnetized. He is full of fears and doubts. Opportunities come, and he says, "I might fail; I might lose mymoney; people will laugh at me." This type of man will not get very fgr in life because, if he is afraid to go forward, he will simply stay where he is. Become a magnetized man and discover the master secret of the ages. * The master secret of the ages What, in your opinion, is the master secret of the ages? The secret of atomic energy? Thermonuclear energy? The neutron bomb? Interplanetary travel? No not any of these. Then,what is this master secret? Where can one find it, and how canit be contacted and brought into action? The answer is extraor19

20 The Treasure House Within Youdinarily simple. This secret is the marvelous, miracle-working power found in your own subconscious mind, the last place that most people would seek it The marvelous power of your subconscious You can bring into your life more power, more wealth, more health, more happiness, and more joy by learning to contact and release the hidden power of your subconscious mind.You need not acquire this power; you already possess it. But, you want to learn how to use it; you want to understand it so that you can apply it in all departments of your life. As you follow the simple techniques and processes set forth in this book, you can gain the necessary knowledge and understanding. You can be inspired by a new light, and you can generate a new force enabling you to realize your hopes and makeall your dreams come true. Decide now to make your life grander, greater, richer, and nobler than ever before. Within your subconscious depths lie infinite wisdom, infinite power, and infinite supply of all that is necessaiy, whichis waiting for development and expression. Begin now to recognize these potentialities of your deeper mind, and they will take form in the world without* The infinite intelligence within your subconscious mind canreveal to you everything you need to know at every momentof time and point of space provided you are open-minded andreceptive. You can receive new thoughts and ideas enabling youto bring forth new inventions, make new discoveries, or write books and plays. Moreover, the infinite intelligence in your subconscious can impart to you wonderful kinds of knowledge of an original nature. It can reveal to you and open the way for perfect expression and true place in your life. Through the wisdom of your subconscious mind you canattract the ideal companion, as well as the right business associate or partner. It can find the right buyer for your home, andprovide you with all the money you need, and the financial freedom to be, to do, and to go as your heart desires. It is your right to discover this inner world of thought, feel-

The Treasure House Within You 21 ing, and power, of light, love, and beauty. Though invisible, its forces are mighty. Within your subconscious mind you will find the solution for every problem, and the cause for every effect Because you can draw out the hidden powers, you come into actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to moveforward in abundance, security, joy, and dominion. I have seen the power of the subconscious lift people up out of crippled states, making them whole, vital, and strong oncemore, and free to go out into the world to experience happiness, health, and joyous expression. There is a miraculous healing power in your subconscious that can heal the troubled mind andthe broken heart. It can open the prison door of the mind andliberate you. It can free you from all kinds of material and physical bondage. Necessity of a working basis Substantial progress in any field of endeavor is impossible in the absence of a working basis which is universal in its application. You can become skilled in the operation of your subconscious mind. You can practice its powers with a certainty of results in exact proportion to your knowledge of its principles and to your application of them for definite specific purposes and goals you wish to achieve. Being a former chemist, I would like to point out that if you combine hydrogen and oxygen in the proportions of twoatoms of the former to one of the latter, water will be the result. You are very familiar with the fact that one atom of oxygenand one atom of carbon will produce carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas. But, if you add another atom of oxygen, you will get carbon dioxide, a harmless gas, and so on throughout the vast realm of chemical compounds. You must not think: that the principles of chemistry, physics, and mathematics differ from the principles of your subconscious mind. Let us consider a generally accepted principle: "Water seeks its own level." This is a universal principle whichis applicable to water everywhere. Consider another principle: "Matter expands when heated."

22 The Treasure House Within YouThis is true anywhere, at any time, and under all circumstances. You can heat a piece of steel, and it will expand regardless whether the steel is found in China, England, or India. It is auniversal truth that matter expands when heated. It is also auniversal truth that whatever you impress on your subconscious mind is expressed on the screen of space as condition, experience, and event. Your prayer is answered because your subconscious mindis principle, and by principle I mean the way a thing works. For example, the principle of electricity is that it works from ahigher to a lower potential. You do not change the principle of electricity when you use it, butby co-operating with nature, youcan bring forth marvelous inventions and discoveries whichbless humanity in countless ways. Your subconscious mind is principle and works according to the law of belief. You must know what belief is, why it works, and how it works. Your Bible says in a simple, clear, and beautiful way: Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou re~ moved, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. MARK 11:23. The law of your mind is the law of belief. This means to believe in the way your mind works, to believe in belief itself. The belief of your mind is the thought of your mind that is simple just that and nothing else, All your experiences, events, conditions, and acts are the reactions of your subconscious mind to your thoughts. Remember, it is not the thing believed in, but the belief in your ownmind which brings about the result Cease believing in the false beliefs, opinions, superstitions, and fears of mankind Begin to believe in the eternal verities and truths of life which never change. Then, you will move onward, upward, and Godward. Whoever reads this book and applies the principles of the subconscious mind herein set forth, will be able to pray scientifically and effectively for himself and for others. Your prayer is answered according to the universal law of action and reaction. Thought is incipient action. The reaction is the response

The Treasure House Within You 23from your subconscious mind which corresponds with the nature of your thought Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happenin your life. The duality of mind You have only one mind, but your mind possesses two distinctive characteristics. The line of demarcation between the twois well known to all thinking men and women today. The twofunctions of your mind are essentially unlike. Each is endowedwith separate and distinct attributes and powers. The nomenclature generally used to distinguish the two functions of yourmind is as follows: The objective and subjective mind, the conscious and subconscious mind, the waking and sleeping mind,the surface self and the deep self, the voluntary mind and the involuntary mind, the male and the female, and many other terms. You will find the terms "conscious" and "subconscious" used to represent the dual nature of your mind throughout this book. * The conscious and subconscious minds An excellent way to get acquainted with the two functions of your mind is to look upon your own mind as a garden. Youare a gardener, and you are planting seeds (thoughts) in yoursubconscious mind all day long, based on your habitual think* ing. As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment Begin now to sow thoughts of peace, happiness, right action, good will, and prosperity. Think quietly and with interest on these qualities and accept them fully in your conscious reasoning mind. Continue to plant these wonderful seeds (thoughts) in the garden of your mind, and you will reap a glorious harvest Your subconscious mind may be likened to the soil which will grow all kinds of seeds, good or bad. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Every thought is, therefore, a cause, and every condition is an effect. For this reason, it is essential

24 The Treasure House Within Youthat you take charge of your thoughts so as to bring forth only despable conditions. f When your mind thinks correctly, when you understand thV truth, when the thoughts deposited in your subconscious mind are constructive, harmonious, and peaceful, the magic working power of your subconscious will respond and bring about harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, and the best of everything^ When you begin to control your thought processes, you can~3pply the powers of your subconscious to any problem or difficulty. In other words, you will actually be consciously co-operating with the infinite power and omnipotent law which governs all things. Look around you wherever you live and you will notice that the vast majority of mankind lives in the world withoutnhe more enlightened men are intensely interested in the world within/Remember, it is the world within, namely, yoyo: thoughts, feelings/ and imagery that makes your world without It is, therefore, the only creative power, and everything which you find in your world of expression has been created by you in the inner worid of your mind consciously or unconsciously?) \ A knowledge of the interaction of yourxeilscious and sub-^ conscious minds will enable you to transform your whole life. In order to change external conditions, you must change the cause. Most men try to change conditions apd circumstances by working with conditions and circumstance^ To remove discord, confusion, lack, and limitation, you must reinove the <jause, and the cause is the way you are using your conscious mind/In other words, the way you are thinking and picturing in your mind. You are living in a fathomless sea of infinite riches. Your subconscious is very sensitive to your thoughts. Your thoughts form the mold or matrix through which the infinite intelligence, wisdom, vital forces, and energies of your subconscious flow. The practical application of the laws of your mind as illustrated in each chapter of this book will cause you to experience abundance for poverty, wisdom for superstition and ignorance, peace for pain, joy for sadness, light for darkness, harmony for discord, faith and confidence for fear, success for failure, and freedom

The Treasure House Within You 25from the law of averages. Certainly, there can be no more wonderful blessing than these from a mental, emotional, and material standpoint. Most of the great scientists, artists, poets, singers, writers, and inventors have a deep understanding of the workings of the conscious and subconscious minds. One time Caruso, the great operatic tenor, was struck withstage fright. He said his throat was paralyzed due to spasmscaused by intense fear which constricted the muscles of his throat. Perspiration poured copiously down his face. He wasashamed because in a few minutes he had to go out on the stage, yet he was shaking with fear and trepidation. He said, "Theywill laugh at me. I can't sing." Then he shouted in the presence of those behind the stage, "The Little Me wants to strangle the Big Me within." He said to the Little Me, "Get out of here, the Big Mewants to sing through me." By the Big Me, he meant the limitless power and wisdomof Ms subconscious mind, and he began to shout, "Get out, get out, the Big Me is going to sing!" His subconscious mind responded releasing the vital forces within him. When the call came, he walked out on the stage andsang gloriously and majestically, enthralling the audience. It is obvious to you now that Caruso must have understood the two levels of mind the conscious or rational, and the subconscious or irrational levelf Your subconscious mind is reactive and responds to the nature of your thoughts:! When yourconscious mind (the Little Me) is full of fear, worry; and anxiety, the negative emotions engendered in your subconscious mind(the Big Me) are released and flood the conscious mind with asense of panic, foreboding, and despair. When this happens, youcan, like Caruso, speak affirmatively and with a deep sense of authority to the irrational emotions generated in your deepermind as follows: "Be still, be quiet, I am in control, you mustobey me, you are subject to my command, you cannot intrude where you do not belong." It is fascinating and intensely interesting to observe how

26 The Treasure House Within Youyou can speak authoritatively and with conviction to the irrational movement of your deeper self bringing silence, harmony*and peace to your mind The subconscious is subject to the conscious mind, and that is why it is called subconscious or subjective. * Outstanding differences and modes of operation You will perceive the main differences by the following illustrations: The conscious mind is like the navigator or captain at the bridge of a ship. He directs the ship and signals orders to men in the engine room, who in turn control all the boilers, instruments, gauges, etc. The men in the engine room do notknow where they are going; they follow orders. They would goon the rocks if the man on the bridge issued faulty or wronginstructions based on his findings with the compass, sextant, or other instruments. The men in the engine room obey him because he is in charge and issues orders which are automatically obeyed. Members of the crew do not talk back to the- captain; they simply carry out orders. The captain is the master of his ship, and his decrees are carried out. Likewise, your conscious mind is the captain andthe master of your ship, wjich represents your body, environment, and all your affair^f Your subconscious mind takes the orders you give it b^sed upofl what your conscious mind believes and accepts as true.) When you repeatedly say to people, "I can't afford it," then your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you will not be in a position to purchase what you wantAs long as you persist in saying, "I can't afford that car, that trip to Europe, that home, that fur coat or ermine wrap," you can rest assured that your subconscious mind will follow your orders, and you will go through life experiencing the lack of all these things. Last Christmas Eve a beautiful young university student looked at an attractive and rather expensive traveling bag in a store window. She was going home to Buffalo, New York, for the holidays. She was about to say, "I can't afford that bag,"

The Treasure House Within You 27when she recalled something she had heard at one of my lectures which was, "Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life." She said, "That bag is mine. It is for sale. I accept it men*tally, and my subconscious sees to it that I receive it.** At eight o'clock Christmas Eve her fiance presented herwith a bag exactly the same as the one she had looked at andmentally identified herself with at ten o'clock the same morning. She had filled her mind with the thought of expectancy andreleased the whole thing to her deeper mind which has the "know-how" of accomplishment This young girl, a student at the University of Southern California, said to me, "I didn't have the money to buy that bag, but now I know where to find money and all the things I need, and that is in the treasure house of eternity within me."Another simple illustration is this: When you say, "I do not like mushrooms," and the occasion subsequently comes that youare served mushrooms in sauces or salads, you will get indigestion because your subconscious mind says to you, "The boss (your conscious mind) does not like mushrooms." This is anamusing example of the outstanding differences and modes of operation of your conscious and subconscious minds. A woman may say, "I wake up at three o'clock, if I drink coffee at night" Whenever she drinks coffee, her subconscious mind nudges her, as if to say, "The boss wants you to stay awake tonight" Your subconscious mind works twenty-four hours a dayand makes provisions for your benefit, pouring all the fruit of your habitual thinking into your lap. * How her subconscious responded A woman wrote me a few months ago as follows: "I amseventy-five years old, a widow with a grown family. I was living alone and on a pension, I heard your lectures on the powers of the subconscious mind wherein you said that ideas could beconveyed to the subconscious mind by repetition, faith, and expectancy*

28 The Treasure House Within You"I began to repeat frequently with feeling, 1 am wanted. I am happily married to a kind, loving, and spiritual-minded man. I am securer "I kept on doing this many times a day for about twoweeks, and one day at the corner drugstore, I was introduced to a retired pharmacist I found him to be kind, understanding, and very religious. He was a perfect answer to my prayer. Within a week he proposed to me, and now we are on ourhoneymoon in Europe. I know that the intelligence within mysubconscious mind brought both of us together in divine order." .This woman discovered that the treasure house was within he^Her prayer was felt as true in her heart, and her affirmation sank down by osmosis into her subconscious mind, which is the creative medium^ The moment she succeeded in bringing about a subjective embodiment, her subconscious mind brought about the answer through the law of attraction. Her deeper mind, full of wisdom and intelligence, brought both of them together in divine order. Be sure that you think on whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be anypraise, think on these things. PHIL. 4:8. * Brief summary of ideas worth remembering \ The treasure house is within you. Look within for the answer to your heart's desire. The great secret possessed by the great men of all ages wastheir ability to contact and release the powers of their subconscious mind. You can do the same. Your subconscious has the answer to all problems. If yousuggest to your subconscious prior to sleep, "I want to get up at 6 A.M.," it will awaken you at that exact time. 4. Your subconscious mind is the builder of your body andcan heal you. Lull yourself to sleep every night with the idea of perfect health, and your subconscious, being yourfaithful servant, will obey you.

The Treasure Home Within You 295. Every thought is a cause, and every condition is an effect (L If you want to write a book, write a wonderful play, give a better talk to your audience, convey the idea lovingly andfeelingly to your subconscious mind, and it wiE respondaccordingly. You are like a captain navigating a ship. He must give the right orders, and likewise, you must give the right orders (thoughts and images) to your subconscious mind whichcontrols and governs all your experiences. V Never use the terms, "I can't afford it" or "I can't do this." Your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you do not have the money or the ability to dowhat you wanj to do. Affirm, "I can do all things throughthe power of^subconscious mind,' 5 \. The law of life is the law of belief, A belief is a thought in your mind. Do not believe in things to harm or hurt you. Believe in the power of your subconscious to heal, inspire, strengthen, and prosper you. According to your belief is it I done unto you. Ik Change your thoughts, and you changeourj v* *-____^^ -~~"'

How Your Own Works You have a mind., and you should learn how to use it. /^There are two levels of your mind the conscious or rational ^ level, and the subconscious or irrational level) You think with your conscious mind, and whatever you habitually think sinks down into your subconscious mind, which creates according to the nature of your thought^; Your subconscious mind is the seat of your emotions and is tne creative mindj If you think good, good will follow; if you think evil, evil will follow. This is the way your mind works. ^ The main point to remember is once the subconscious mindaccepts an idea, it begins to execute it It is an interesting andsubtle truth that the law of the subconscious mind works for good and bad ideas alike. This law, when applied in a negative way, is the cause of failure, frustration, and unhappiness. However, when your habitual thinking is harmonious and constructive, you experience perfect health, success, and prosperity. Peace of mind and a healthy body are inevitable when youbegin to think and feel in the right waj(^Whatever you claim mentally and feel as true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring forth into your experienceJ)The only thing necessary for you to do is to get your subconscious mind to accept youridea, and the law of your own subconscious mind will bring forth the health, peace, or the position you desire. You give the command or decree, and your subconscious will faithfully reproduce the idea impressed upon it. The law of your mind is this: You will get a reaction or response from your subconscious mind30

How Your Own Mind Works 3 1 according to the nature of the thought or idea you hold in yourconscious mind. Psychologists and psychiatrists point out that when thoughts are conveyed to your subconscious mind, impressions are madein the brain cells. As soon as your subconscious^ accepts any idea, it proceeds to put it into effect immediateljOt works by association of ideas and uses every bit of knowledge that you havegathered in your lifetime to bring about its purpose. It draws onthe infinite power, energy, and wisdom within you. It lines up all the laws of nature to get its way. Sometimes it seems to bring about an immediate solution to your difficulties, but at other times it may take days, weeks, or longer.). . . Its ways are past finding out. Conscious and subconscious terms differentiated You must remember that these are not two minds. They are merely two spheres of activity within one mind. Your conscious mind is the reasoning mind. It is that phase of mind whichchooses. For example, you choose your books, your home, andyour partner in life. You make all your decisions with your conscious mind. On the other hand, without any conscious choice on your part, your heart is kept functioning automatically, andthe process of digestion, circulation, and breathing are carried on by your subconscious mind through processes independent of your conscious control. Your subconscious mind accepts what is impressed upon it or what you consciously believe. It does not reason things outlike your conscious mind, and it does not argue with you controversially. Your subconscious mind is like the soil which accepts any kind of seed, good or bad. Your thoughts are active andmight be likened unto seeds. Negative, destructive thoughts continue to work negatively in your subconscious mind, and in duetime will come forth into outer experience which corresponds with them. QRemember, your subconscious mind does not engage in proving whether your thoughts are good or bad, true or false, butit responds according to the nature of your thoughts or sugges-

32 How Your Own Mind Works tions?)For example, if you consciously assume something as true, even though it may be false, your subconscious mind will accept it as true and proceed to bring about results which must necessarily follow, because you consciously assumed it to be true. Experiments by psychologists Innumerable experiments by psychologists and others on persons in the hypnotic state have shown that the subconscious mind is incapable of making selections and comparisons which are necessary for a reasoning process. They have shown repeatedly that your subconscious mind will accept any suggestions, however false. Having once accepted any suggestion, it responds according to the nature of the suggestion given. To illustrate the amenability of your subconscious mind to suggestion, if a practiced hypnotist suggests to one of his subjects that he is Napoleon Bonaparte, or even a cat or a dog, hewill act out the part with inimitable accuracy. His personality becomes changed for the time being. He believes himself to bewhatever the operator tells him he is. A skilled hypnotist may suggest to one of his students in the hypnotic state that his back itches, to another that his nose is bleeding, to another that he is a marble statue, to another that he is freezing and the temperature is below zero. Each one will follow out the line of his particular suggestion, totally oblivious to all his surroundings which do not pertain to his idea. These simple illustrations portray clearly the difference between your conscious reasoning mind and your subconscious mind which is impersonal, non-selective, and accepts as true whatever your conscious mind believes to be true. Hence, the importance of selecting thoughts, ideas, and premises whichbless, heal, inspire, and fill your soul with joy. * The terms objective and subjective mind clarified Your conscious mind is sometimes referred to as yourobjective mind because it deals with outward objects. The objective mind takes cognizance of the objective world. Its mediaof observation are your five physical senses, Your objective mind

How Your Own Mind Works 33 is your guide and director in your contact with your environment You gain knowledge through your five senses. Your objective mind learns through observation, experience, and education. As previously pointed out, the greatest function of the objective mind is that of reasoning. Suppose you are one of the thousands of tourists who cometo Los Angeles annually. You would come to the conclusion that it is a beautiful city based upon your observation of the parks, pretty gardens, majestic buildings, and lovely homes. This is the working of your objective mind. Your subconscious mind is oftentimes referred to as yoursubjective mind. Your subjective mind takes cognizance of its environment by means independent of the five senses. Your subjective mind perceives by intuition. It is the seat of your emotion and the storehouse of memory. Your subjective mind performs its highest functions when your objective senses are in abeyance. In a word, it is that intelligence which makes itself manifest when the objective mind is suspended or in a sleepy, drowsy state. Your subjective mind sees without the use of the natural organs of vision. It has the capacity of clairvoyance and clairaudience. Your subjective mind can leave your body, travel to distant lands, and bring back information oftentimes of the mostexact and truthful character. Through your subjective mind youcan read the thoughts of others, read the contents of sealed envelopes and closed safes. Your subjective mind has the ability to apprehend the thoughts of others without the use of the ordinary objective means of communication. It is of the greatest importance that we understand the interaction of the objective and subjective mind in order to learn the true art of prayer. The subconscious cannot reason like your consciousmind Your subconscious mind cannot argue controversially. Hence, if you give it wrong suggestions, it wiR accept them as true and will proceed to bring them to pass as conditions, experiences, and events. All things that have happened to you arc

34 How Your Own Mind Worksbased on thoughts impressed on your subconscious mind throughbelief. If you have conveyed erroneous concepts to your subconscious mind, the sure method of overcoming them is by the repetition of constructive, harmonious thoughts frequently repeated which your subconscious mind accepts, thus forming newand healthy habits of thought and life, for your subconscious mind is the seat of habit The habitual thinking of your conscious mind establishes deep grooves in your subconscious mind. This is very favorable for you if your habitual thoughts are harmonioas, peaceful, andconstructive. If you have indulged in fear, worry, and other destructive forms of thinking, the remedy is to recognize the omnipotenceof your subconscious mind and decree freedom, happiness, andperfect health. Your subconscious mind, being creative and onewith your divine source, will proceed to create the freedom andhappiness which you have earnestly decreed. * The tremendous power of suggestion You must realize by now that your conscious mind is the "watchman at the gate," and its chief function is to protect yoursubconscious mind from false impressions. You are now awareof one of the basic laws of mind: Your subconscious mind is amenable to suggestion. As you know, your subconscious minddoes not make comparisons, or contrasts, neither does it reason and think things out for itself. This latter function belongs to your conscious mind. It simply reacts to the impressions given to it by your conscious mind. It does not show a preference for one course of action over another. The following is a classic example of the tremendous powerof suggestion. Suppose you approach a timid-looking passenger on board ship and say to him something like this: "You lookvery ill. How pale you are! I feel certain you are going to beseasick. Let me help you to your cabin." The passenger turns pale. Your suggestion of seasickness associates itself with his own fears and forebodings. He accepts your aid down to the

How Your Own Mind Works 35 berth, and there your negative suggestion, which was accepted by him, is realized. Different reactions to the same suggestion It is true that different people will react in different ways to the same suggestion because of their subconscious conditioning or belief. For example, if you go to a sailor on the ship and say to him sympathetically, "My dear fellow, you're looking very ill* Aren't you feeling sick? You look to me as if you were going to be seasick." According to his temperament he either laughs at your "joke," or expresses a mild irritation. Your suggestion fell ondeaf ears in this instance because your suggestion of seasickness was associated in his mind with his own immunity from it. Therefore, it called up not fear or worry, but self-confidence. The dictionary says that a suggestion is the act or instance of putting something into one's mind, the mental process bywhich the thought or idea suggested is entertained, accepted, or put into effect You must remember that a suggestion cannot impose something on the subconscious mind against the will of the conscious mind. In other words, your conscious mind has the power to reject the suggestion given. In the case of the sailor, he had no fear of seasickness. He had convinced himself of his immunity, and the negative suggestion had absolutely no powerto evoke fear. The suggestion of seasickness to the other passenger called forth his indwelling fear of seasickness. Each of us has his owninner fears, beliefs, opinions, and these inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no power in and of itself except it is accepted mentally by you. This causes your subconscious powers to flow in a limited and restricted way according to the nature of the suggestion. How he lost Ms arm Every two or three years I give a series of lectures at the London Truth Forum in Caxton Hall. This is a Forum I founded

36 How Your Own Mind Worksa number of years ago. Dr. Evelyn Fleet, the director, told meabout an article which appeared in the English newspapers dealing with the power of suggestion. This is the suggestion a mangave to his subconscious mind over a period of about two years: "I would give my right arm to see my daughter cured." It appeared that his daughter had a crippling form of arthritis together with a so-called incurable form of skin disease. Medicaltreatment had failed to alleviate the condition, and the father had an intense longing for his daughter's healing, and expressed Ms desire in the words just quoted. Dr. Evelyn Fleet said that the newspaper article pointed out that one day the family was out riding when their car collided with another. The father's right arm was torn off at the shoulder, and immediately the daughter's arthritis and skin condition vanished. You must make certain to give your subconscious only suggestions which heal, bless, elevate, and inspire you in all your ways. Remember that your subconscious mind cannot take ajoke. It takes you at your word. * How autosuggestion banishes fear Illustrations of autosuggestion: Autosuggestion means suggesting something definite and specific to oneself. Herbert Parkyn, in his excellent manual of autosuggestion,* records the following incident. It has its amusing side, so that one remembers it "A New York visitor in Chicago looks at his watch, whichis set an hour ahead of Chicago time, and tells a Chicago friend that it is twelve o'clock. The Chicago friend, not considering the difference in time between Chicago and New York, tells the NewYorker that he is hungry and that he must go to lunch." Autosuggestion may be used to banish various fears andother negative conditions. A young singer was invited to give an audition. She had been looking forward to the interview, buton three previous occasions she had failed miserably due to fear * Herbert Parkyn, Autosuggestion (London: Fowler, 1916).

How Your Own Mind Works 37of failure. This young lady had a very good voice, but she hadbeen saying to herself, "When the time conies for me to sing, maybe they won't like me. I will try, but I'm full of fear andanxiety." Her subconscious mind accepted these negative autosuggestions as a request and proceeded to manifest them and bring them into her experience. The cause was an involuntary autosuggestion, ie., silent fear thoughts emotionalized and subjectified. She overcame it by the following technique: Three times a day she isolated herself in a room. She sat down comfortably in an armchair, relaxed her body, and closed her eyes. She stilled her mind and body as best she could. Physical inertia favors mental passivity and renders the mind more receptive to suggestion. She counteracted the fear suggestion by saying to herself, "I sing beautifully. I am poised, serene, confident, andcalm." She repeated this statement slowly, quietly, and with feeling from five to ten times at each sitting. She had three such "sittings" every day and one immediately prior to sleep. At the end of a week she was completely poised and confident Whenthe invitation to audition came, she gave a remarkable, wonder*ful audition. How she restored her memory A woman, aged seventy-five, was in the habit of saying to herself, *T am losing my memory." She reversed the procedure and practiced induced autosuggestion several times a day as follows: "My memory from today on is improving in every department. I shall always remember whatever I need to know at every moment of time and point of space. The impressions received will be clearer and more definite. I shall retain themautomatically and with ease. Whatever I wish to recall will immediately present itself in the correct form in my mind. I amimproving rapidly every day, and very soon my memory will bebetter than it has ever been before." At the end of three weeks,her memory was back to normal, and she was delighted*

33 How Your Own Mind WorksHow lie overcame a nasty temper Many men who complained of irritability and bad temperproved to be very susceptible to autosuggestion and obtained marvelous results by using the following statements three or four times a day morning, noon, and at night prior to sleep for about a month. "Henceforth, I shall grow more good-humored.Joy, happiness, and cheerfulness are now becoming my normalstates of mind. Every day I am becoming more and more lovable and understanding. I am now becoming the center of cheer and good will to all those about me, infecting them with goodhumor. This happy, joyous, and cheerful mood is now becoming my normal, natural state of mind. I am grateful." * The constructive and destructive power of suggestion Some illustrations and comments on heterosuggestion: Heterosuggestion means suggestions from another person. In all ages the power of suggestion has played a part in the life andthought of man in every period of time and in each country ofthe earth. In many parts of the world it is the controlling powerin religion. Suggestion may be used to discipline and control ourselves, but it can also be used to take control and command over others who do not know the laws of mind. In its constructive form it is wonderful and magnificent. In its negative aspects it is one of the most destructive of all the response patterns of the mind,resulting in patterns of misery, failure, suffering, sickness, anddisaster* Have you accepted any of these? From infancy on the majority of us have been given manynegative suggestions. Not knowing how to thwart them, we unconsciously accepted them. Here are some of the negative suggestions: "You can't" "You'll never amount to anything," "Youmustn't" "You'll fail." "You haven't got a chance." "You're all

How Your Own Mind Works 39wrong. 5' "Ifs no use." "It's not what you know, but who youknow.' 9 "The world is going to the dogs." "What's the use, nobody cares." "Its no use trying so hard." "You're too old now.""Things are getting worse and worse." "Life is an endless grind." "Love is for the birds." "You just can't win." "Pretty soon you'll be bankrupt" "Watch out, you'll get the v~us." "You can't trust a soul," etc. Unless, as an adult, you use constructive autosuggestion, which is a reconditioning therapy, the impressions made on youin the past can cause behavior patterns that cause failure in yourpersonal and social life. Autosuggestion is a means releasing youfrom the mass of negative verbal conditioning that might otherwise distort your life pattern, making the development of goodhabits difficult. You can counteract negative suggestions Pick up the paper any day, and you can read dozens of items that could sow the seeds of futility, fear, worry, anxiety, and impending doom. If accepted by you, these thoughts of fear could cause you to lose the will for life. Knowing that you canreject all these negative suggestions by giving your subconscious mind constructive autosuggestions, you counteract all these destructive ideas. Check regularly on the negative suggestions that peoplemake to you. You do not have to be influenced by destructive heterosuggestion. All of us have suffered from it in our childhood and in our teens. If you look back, you can easily recall how parents, friends, relatives, teachers, and associates contributed in a campaign of negative suggestions. Study the things said to you, and you will discover much of it was in the form of propaganda. The purpose of much of what was said was to control you or instill fear into you. This heterosuggestion process goes on in every home, office, factory, and club. You will find that many of these suggestions are for the purpose of making you think, feel, and act as others want you to and in ways that are to their advantage.

40 How Your Own Mind WorksHow suggestion killed a man Here is an illustration of heterosuggestion: A relative of mine went to a crystal gazer in India who told him that he hada bad heart and predicted that he would die at the next newmoon. He began to teE all members of his family about this prediction, and he arranged his will* This powerful suggestion entered into his subconscious mind because he accepted it completely. My relative also told me that this crystal gazer was believed to have some strange occult powers, and he could do harm or good to a person. Hedied as predicted not knowing that he was the cause of his owndeath. I suppose many of us have heard similar stupid, ridiculous, superstitious stories. Let us look at what happened in the light of our knowledgeof the way the subconscious mind works. Whatever the conscious, reasoning mind of man believes, the subconscious mindwill accept and act upon. My relative was happy, healthy, vigorous, and robust when he went to see the fortuneteller. Shegave him a very negative suggestion which he accepted. He became terrified, and constantly dwelt upon the fact that he wasgoing to die at the nxt new moon. He proceeded to tell everyone about it, and he prepared for the end. The activity tookplace in his own mind, and his own thought was the cause. Hebrought about his own so-called death, or rather destruction of the physical body, by his fear and expectation of the end. The woman who predicted his death had no more powerthan the stones and sticks in the field. Her suggestion had nopower to create or bring about the end she suggested. If he hadknown the laws of his mind, he would have completely rejected the negative suggestion and refused to give her words any attention, knowing in his heart that he was governed and controlled by Ms own thought and feeling. Like tin arrows aimed at a battleship, her prophecy could have been completely neutralized and dissipated without hurting him. The suggestions of others in themselves have absolutely nopower whatever over you except the power that you give them

How Your Own Mind Works 41through your own thoughts. You have to give your mental consent; you have to entertain the thought Then, it becomes yourthought, and you do the thinking. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health! The power of an assumed major premise Your mind works like a syEogism. This means that whatever major premise your conscious mind assumes to be true determines the conclusion your subconscious mind comes to in regard to any particular question or problem in your mind. If your premise is true, the conclusion must be true as in the following example: Every virtue is laudable; Kindness is a virtue; Therefore, kindness is laudable. Another example is as follows: AH formed things change and pass away; The Pyramids of Egypt are formed things; Therefore, some day the Pyramids will pass away. The first statement is referred to as the major premise, andthe right conclusion must necessarily follow the right premise. A college professor, who attended some of my science of mind lectures in May, 1962, at Town Hall, New York, said to me, "Everything in my life is topsy-turvy, and I have lost health, wealth, and friends. Everything I touch turns out wrong." I explained to him that he should establish a major premise in Ms thinking, that the infinite intelligence of his subconscious mind was guiding, directing, and prospering him spiritually, mentally, and materially. Then, Ms subconscious mindwould automatically direct Mm wisely in Ms investments, decisions, and also heal Ms body and restore Ms mind to peace andtranquillity. This professor formulated an over-all picture of the wayhe wanted his life to be, and this was his major premise: "Infinite intelligence leads and guides me in all my ways.

42 How Your Own Mind WorksPerfect health is mine, and the Law of Harmony operates in mymind and body. Beauty, love, peace, and abundance are mine. The principle of right action and divine order govern my entire life. I know my major premise is based on the eternal truths of life, and I know, feel, and believe that my subconscious mindresponds according to the nature of my conscious mind thinking." He wrote me as follows: "I repeated the above statements slowly, quietly, and lovingly several times a day knowing that they were sinking deep down into my subconscious mind, andthat results must follow. I am deeply grateful for the interview you gave me, and I would like to add that all departments of mylife are changing for the better. It works!" The subconscious does not argue controversially Your subconscious mind is all-wise and knows the answers to all questions. It does not argue with you or talk back to you. It does not say, "You must not impress me with that." For example, when you say, "I can't do this." "I am too old now." "I can't meet this obligation." "I was born on the wrong side of the tracks." "I don't know the right politician," you are impregnating your subconscious with these negative thoughts, andit responds accordingly. You are actually blocking your owngood, thereby bringing lack, limitation, and frustration into your life. When you set up obstacles, impediments, and delays in your conscious mind, you are denying the wisdom and intelligence resident in your subconscious mind. You are actually saying in effect that your subconscious mind cannot solve your problem. This leads to mental and emotional congestion, followed by sickness and neurotic tendencies. To realize your desire and overcome your frustration, affirm boldly several times a day: "The infinite intelligence which gave me this desire leads, guides, and reveals to me the perfect plan for the unfolding of my desire. I know the deeper wisdom of mysubconscious is now responding, and what I feel and claim within

How Your Own Mind Works 43 is expressed in the without There is a balance, equilibrium, andequanimity." If you say, "There is no way out; I am lost; there is no wayout of this dilemma; I am stymied and blocked," you will get noanswer or response from your subconscious mind. If you wantthe subconscious to work for you, give it the right request, andattain its co-operation. It is always working for you. It is controlling your heart beat this minute and also your breathing. It heals a cut on your finger, and its tendency is lifeward, forever seeking to take care of you and preserve you. Your subconscious has a mind of its own, but it accepts your patterns of thought and imagery. When you are seeking an answer to a problem, your subconscious will respond, but it expects you to come to a decision and to a true judgment in your conscious mind. You mustacknowledge the answer is in your subconscious mind. However,if you say, "I don't think there is any way out; I am all mixed upand confused; why don't I get an answer?" you are neutralizing your prayer. Like the soldier marking time, you do not get anywhere. Still the wheels of your mind, relax, let go, and quietly affirm: "My subconscious knows the answer. It is responding to me now. I give thanks because I know the infinite intelligence of my subconscious knows all things and is revealing the perfect answer to me now. My real conviction is now setting free the majesty and glory of my subconscious mind. I rejoice that it is so." Review of highlights 1. Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You are what you think all day long. 2. Your subconscious mind does not argue with you. It accepts what your conscious mind decrees. If you say, "I can't afford it," it may be true, but do not say it. Select a better thought, decree, 'Tlljbuy it I accept.,!!, in my mind," 3. You have the power to choose. Choose health and happi-

44 How Your Own Mind Worksness. You can choose to be friendly, or you can choose to be unfriendly. Choose to be co-operative, joyous, friendly, lovable, and the whole world will respond. This is the best way to develop a wonderful personality. 4. Your conscious mind is the "watchman at the gate." Its chief function is to protect your subconscious mind from false impressions. Choose to believe that something good can happen and is happening now. Your greatest power is your capacity to choose. Cho^ 5. The suggestions and statements of others have no power to hurt you. The only power is the movement of your ownthought You can choose to reject the thoughts or statements of others and affirm the good. You have the power to choose how you will react. 6. Watch what you say. You have to account for every idle word. Never say, "I will fail; I will lose my job; I can't pay the rent." Your subconscious cannot take a joke. It brings all these thiogslo^Ss!! ~"" "~ 1. Your mind is not evil. No force of nature is evil. It depends how you use the powers of nature. Use your mind to bless, heal, and inspire all people everywhere. 8. Never say, "I can't." Overcome that fear by substituting the following, "I can do all things through the power of my ownsubconscious mind." 9. Begin to think from the standpoint of the eternal truths and principles of life and not from the standpoint of fear, ignorance, and superstition. Qojiot]^ Choose your own thoughts and make your owndecisions. 10. You are the captain of your soul (subconscious mind) andthe master of your fate. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health! Choosehappiness! 11. Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to betrue, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine guidance, right action, andall the blessings_of life. /

3 The Miracle-working Power of Your Subconscious The power of your subconscious is enormous. It inspires you, it guides you, and it reveals to you names, facts, and scenes from the storehouse of memory. Your subconscious started yourheartbeat, controls the circulation of your blood, regulates yourdigestion, assimilation, and elimination. When you eat a piece of bread, your subconscious mind transmutes it into tissue, muscle, bone, and blood. This process is beyond the ken of the wisest man who walks the earth. Your subconscious mind controls all the vital processes and functions of your body andknows the answer to all problems. Your subconscious mind never sleeps, never rests. It is always on the job. You can discover the miracle-working power of your subconscious by plainly stating to your subconscious prior to sleep that you wish a certain specific thing accomplished. Youwill be delighted to discover that forces within you will be" released, leading to the desired result. Here, then, is a source of power and wisdom which places you in touch with omnipotenceor the power that moves the world, guides the planets in their course, and causes the sun to shine. Your subconscious mind is the source of your ideals, aspirations, and altruistic urges. It was through the subconscious mindthat Shakespeare perceived great truths hidden from the average man of his day. Undoubtedly, it was the response of his subconscious mind that caused the Greek sculptor, Phidias, to portray beauty, order, symmetry, and proportion in marble and45

46 The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious bronze* It enabled the Italian artist, Raphael, to paint Madonnas,and Ludwig van Beethoven to compose symphonies. In 1955 1 lectured at the Yoga Forest University, Rishikesh, India, and there I chatted with a visiting surgeon from Bombay.He told me about Dr. James Esdaille, a Scotch surgeon, whoworked in Bengal before ether or other modern methods of anesthesia were discovered. Between 1843 and 1846, Dr. EsdaUle performed about four hundred major operations of all kinds, such as amputations, removal of tumors and cancerous growths, as well as operations on the eye, ear, and throat Alloperations were conducted under mental anesthesia only. ThisIndian doctor at Rishikesh informed me that the postoperative mortality rate of patients operated on by Dr. Esdaille was extremely low, probably two or three percent. Patients felt no pain, and there were no deaths during the operations. Dr. Esdaille suggested to the subconscious minds of all his patients, who were in a hypnotic state, that no infection or septic condition would develop. You must remember that this was before Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and others who pointed outthe bacterial origin of disease and causes of infection due to unsterilized instruments and virulent organisms. This Indian surgeon said that the reason for the low mortality rate and the general absence of infection, which was reduced to a minimum, was undoubtedly due to the suggestions ofDr. Esdaille to the subconscious minds of his patients. Theyresponded according to the nature of his suggestion. It is simply wonderful, when you conceive how a surgeon^ over one hundred twenty years ago, discovered the miraculouswonder-working powers of the subconscious mind. Doesn't it cause you to be seized with a sort of mystic awe when you stop and think of the transcendental powers of your subconscious mind? Consider its extrasensory perceptions, such as its capacity for clairvoyance and clairaudience, its independence oftime and space, its capacity to render you free from all pain andsuffering, and its capacity to get the answer to aU problems, bethey what they may. All these and many more reveal to you that there is a power and an intelligence within you that far tran-

The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious 47scends your intellect, causing you to marvel at the wonders of it all. All these experiences cause you to rejoice and believe in the miracle-working powers of your own subconscious mind. Your subconscious is your Book of Life Whatever thoughts, beliefs, opinions, theories, or dogmasyou write, engrave, or impress on your subconscious mind, youshall experience them as the objective manifestation of circumstances, conditions, and events. What you write on the inside, you will experience on the outside. You have two sides to yourlife, objective and subjective, visible and invisible, thought andits manifestation. Your thought is received by your brain, which is the organof your conscious reasoning mind. When your conscious or objective mind accepts the thought completely, it is sent to the solar plexus, called the brain of your mind, where it becomesflesh and is made manifest in your experience. As previously outlined, your subconscious cannot argue. It acts only from what you write on it It accepts your verdict or the conclusions of your conscious mind as final. This is why youare always writing on the book of life, because your thoughts become your experiences. The American essayist, Ralph WaldoEmerson said, "Man is what he thinks all day long." What is impressed in the subconscious is expressedWilliam James, the father of American psychology, said that the power to move the world is in your subconscious mind.Your subconscious mind is one with infinite intelligence andboundless wisdom. It is fed by hidden springs, and is called the law of life. Whatever you impress upon your subconscious mind, the latter will move heaven and earth to bring it to pass. You must, therefore, impress it with right ideas and constructive thoughts. The reason there is so much chaos and misery in the worldis because people do not understand the interaction of their conscious and subconscious minds. When these two principles work in accord, in concord, in peace, and synchronously to-

48 The Miracle-Working Power of Your Subconscious gether, you will have heath, happiness, peace and joy. There is no sickness or discord when the conscious and subconscious work together harmoniously and peacefully. The tomb of Hermes was opened with great expectancy and a sense of wonder because people believed that the greatest secret of the ages was contained therein. The secret was as within, so without; as above, so below. In other words, whatever is impressed in your subconscious mind is expressed on the screen of space. This same truth wasproclaimed by Moses, Isaiah, Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Laotze, and all the illumined seers of the ages Whatever you feel as true subjectively is expressed as conditions, experiences, and events. Motion and emotion must balance. As in heaven [your ownmind], so on earth [in your body and environment]. This is the great law of life. You will find throughout all nature the law of action andreaction, of rest and motion. These two must balance, then there will be harmony and equilibrium. You are here to let the life principle flow through you rhythmically and harmoniously. The intake and the outgo must be equal. The impression and the expression must be equal. All your frustration is due to unfulfilled desire. If you think negatively, destructively, and viciously, these thoughts generate destructive emotions which must be expressed and find an outlet. These emotions, being of a negative nature, are frequently expressed as ulcers, heart trouble, tension, andanxieties. What is your idea or feeling about yourself now? Every part of your being expresses that idea. Your vitality, body, financial status, friends, and social status represent a perfect reflection of the idea you have of yourself. This is the real meaning of what is impressed in your subconscious mind, and which is expressed in all phases of your life. We injure ourselves by the negative ideas which we entertain. How often have you wounded yourself by getting angry, fearful, jealous, or vengeful? These are the poisons that enter your subconscious mind. You were not born with these nega-